Wire-cutter.



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fitto c m1 y ci LEON LEWANDOW'SKI, OF DEPEXV, NEW TIGR-Tf WIRE-CUTTER.

Speccation of Letters latenc.

Patented Nov. 5, igil.

Application filed April 5, 1913. Serial No. 226,873.

` vthe lprovision of a wire cutting bayonet i'or a rifle adapted for ready operation by the soldier carrying the fire-arm, means being provided for retaining the device inopera-- tive when not in use.

v A further object of the drvice is the provision of a bayonet adapted for detachable connection with a rifle barrel and provided with a shiftable cutting member normally disposed in its closed inoperative position with the shape of the blade substantially unbroken and ready for immediate use when desired.

A still further object is to provide a roldable wire-cutting attachment for removable rie bayonets, the attat11 :nent being so ar ranged as not to inte. with. the ordinary uses of the bayonet, although the device may be quickly altered into form `for cutting wire barriers and similar formations whenever the occasion requires.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a rifle barrel having my device operatively Y mounted thereon, portions oi' the device beingshown by dotted lines in their open arrangement; y

F1g. 2 is an inverted plan View of the semer Y i i Fig. 3 is aslde elevational view of the device 'detached and in its folded arrangei link employe My linvention broadly consists of a bayonet 10 of substantially the usual form adapted for detachably mountin lupon a rie barrel 11 to project forwar ly of the muzzle 12 ot the barrel, a hinged cutting member 13 of the bayonet being designed ior severing wires and similar obiects.

The bayonet "i0 has a shank il provided with a, transverse guard 15 having an eye 1G at one end for slidably positioning the bayonet upon the barrel 11. The free end of the shank 1lis formed with a longitudinal side socket 17 for receiving lug 1.8 projecting; frointhe bottom of tbe barrel l1 while a spring` latch 19 passes transversely through the socket 17 and the shank 1i and seats within a corresponding transverse groove in the outer free end of thelu'igrfS 18 for detachably securing the shanlrl/aupon the barrel 11.

The cutting member 13 is in the form of a. blade pivoted to the side of the bayonet 11 by a rivet 20 having a protecting loop 21 overlying the member 13. The said cutting.

member has a sharpened inner edge 2Q adapted for cooperating with a complementally formed curved cutting edge portion 23 of the bayonet 10, whereby wires positioned between 'the cutting portion 13 and the main portion of the bayonet 10 after the member 13 is swung outwardly as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, may be readily severed by closingthe edges 92- and together.

The cutting member or blade 13 is guidingly positioned between the biturcated portionsQ-iA ot' the guard l5 at the opposite end tlxereoii'rom the eye 16 while a hinged link 25 is pivoted as at 26 to the inner end of `the blade 13 and is alsopivoted as at 27 to a downwardly extending post QS carried by the shank le. A handle 29 is foldably connected. 'to the rear end of the linlr 25 by a hinged block 30 pivotally connecting the adjacent ends of the `link 25 and handle 29, whereby the said handle may be moved laterally and positioned alongside of the bayonet 10 whenever desired, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, atosuch times, for instance, as when the baypne't 10 is removed from the barrel 1l. A bracing hook 31 projects from the hinged end of the handle .29 for lateral wedging reception Within a transverse slot 32 in the adjacent edge of the linlr 25, and7 whereby the handle .29 will be retained in its outstretched operative position projecting from the link 25 for ein ployrnent in shiftino the blade 13. It will be evident that the handle 29 may be forcibly shifted however upon its hinged block device.

A boss 33 is provided upon the bottom oi the barrel 11 with a finger 34: adapted to be receivedl into a groove 35 formed at the free end of the handle 29, while a sliding latch 3G upon the handle is adapted to underlie the finger 3-1 for securing the handle 29 to the boss and locking the wire cutting means in its inoperative position.

ifVith the. cutter positioned shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the latch 3G may be readily released for permitting the handle 29 to be swung outwardly to open the blade 13 as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. A wire or other object being positioned between the blade 13 and the 0pposite cutting edge 23 of the bayonet 10, a movement of the handle 29 toward the bar rel 11 will forcibly close the blade 13 upon the .vire for severing the same. The hinged connection 26 between the link 25 and the blade 13 provides a strong leverage for the cutting operation after the manner of a toggle joint so that great force can be brought to bear upon the wire positioned between' the cutting edges 22 and 23. A Finger or holding loop 37 is provided upon the outer side of the handle 29 adjacent its free end. It will be evident that when the blade 13 is in its closed position with the handle 29 locked to the boss the device interferes in no Way-With the use of the ba vonet 10, the opposite edges thereof. being substantially unimpaired throughout 'their entire, length.

What I claim as new isz- 1. A device of the class described com-. prising a bayonet having a cutaway `side portion, a blade pivoted to the bayonet adapted for fitting said cutaway portion when in its closed position, means adapted for dctachably connecting the bayonet to a rifle barrel, a toggle-operating link hingedly connected to the bayonet and to the inner end of the blade, and a handle pivotcd to the free end oi said link adapted for folding arrangen'lent adjacentthe side of the bayenet `when the device is not in use.

2. ln combination, a bayonet having a 'cutai'vay side portion provided with a outting edge, a blade adapted for cooperating with the said edge for positioning within the cutaway portion when in its closed posh tion, pivotal connections; between the .said blade and bayonet, a post upon the bayonet rearwardly ot s .d pivotal connections. a toggle-operating link pivoted to the tree end of said post and hingedly connected to the adjacent end of the blade, and an operating handle for said link.

` ln combination, a bayonet having a cut awa v side portion provided with a cutting edge, a blade adapted for cooperating with the said edge for positioning within .the cutavvayportion when in its closed position, pivotal connections between the said blade and bayonet, a post upon the bayonet rearwardly of said pivotal connections, a toggleoperating link pivoted to the free end of said post and hingedly connected to the adjacent end of the blade, the said link having a Wedge-shaped slot the1ein,'a handle hinged for lateral movement to the free end of said link, a bracing hook upon said handle adapted for frietional engagement `Within the said slot when the handle is in its inoperative extended position, and a finger loop adjacent the free end of the handle.

4f.A ln combination, a bayonet having a cutaway lside portion provided withV a cutting edge, a blade adapted for cooperating with the said edge for positioning within the cutaway portion when in its closed position, pivotal connections between the said blade and bayonet,- a post upon the bayonet rearwardly of said pivotal connections, a toggleoperating link pivoted tol the free end of said post and hingedly connected to the adjacent end of the blade, the said link having a wedge-shaped slot therein, a handle hinged for lateral movement to the free end of said cent. the free. end ot the handle, a guard transversely carried by the bayonet having a gmdmg portion at one lend for the blade and a barrel-receiving eye at its opposite end, and attaching means at the rear endsl of Vthc bayonet and handle.

ln testimony whereof l atiX my signature.

LEON LEWANDOVVSKI. 

